Study on Peridynamic Interlayer Modeling for Multilayered Structures

Peridynamic States and Constitutive Modeling

A generalization of the original peridynamic framework for solid mechanics is proposed. This generalization permits the response of a material at a point to depend collectively on the deformation of all bonds connected to the point. This extends the types of material response that can be reproduced by peridynamic theory to include an explicit dependence on such collectively determined quantitie...

Multilayered Amorphous Silicon Structures

Theory of Nonlinear s-Polarized Phonon-Polaritons in Multilayered Structures

A theory is presented for the dispersion relations of the nonlinear phonon-polaritons arising when phonons are coupled to the electromagnetic waves in multilayered structures of nonlinear materials. The calculations are applied to a multilayered structure consisting of a thin film surrounded by semi-infinite bounding media where each layer may have a frequency dependent dielectric function and ...

Peridynamic Modeling of Ruptures in Biomembranes

We simulate the formation of spontaneous ruptures in supported phospholipid double bilayer membranes, using peridynamic modeling. Experiments performed on spreading double bilayers typically show two distinct kinds of ruptures, floral and fractal, which form spontaneously in the distal (upper) bilayer at late stages of double bilayer formation on high energy substrates. It is, however, currentl...

Structures in Anisotropic Multilayered Media

Applying the concept of spectral domain representation, the moment method or the point-matching procedure and Green's function theory, a unified approach for the computation of the static capacitance of single, coupled and comb-like metallic structures in anisotropic multilayered media is presented. The media can be electrically shielded on one or both sides. The geometry of the parallel strips...